Well, officially, we met when Ben started working at the call center I was doing administrative assisting for when I had to remember my name long enough to introduce myself. But before that, we met when he was in the office one day and he smiled at me, which resulted in me melting and forgetting how to act😅

Ben had planned for weeks, secretly texting my best friend to convince her to come to Arizona, going on a "friend shopping date" (where really they went and bought me a whole new outfit and makeup and candles), and even got my other best friend in on the surprise as well. I came home from work, got changed, and the three of us went out for what Ben and Gabbie both swore up and down was just a photoshoot. It wasn't until Ben and I got to the end of the stairs when I caught a sniff of all the candles they had bought and set up (sidebar: I didn't have any contact lenses so I was essentially blind that whole time), that I finally caught on to what was actually happening. I remember asking Ben what he had done, trying my best to hold back the ugly cry (it didn't work, I ugly cried), and then blacking out until we reached the bottom of the waterfall and he got on one knee when it finally sank in that he was proposing. It was picture perfect in every way, and I know we'll both cherish the memories and pictures that came from it forever.